In November 97 me and a couple of  friends entered a robot called Wedgehog in to the first ever UK Robot Wars competition. We reached the semi finals and here is our story.................

At the moment we are beginning to build our entry for the Robot Wars Live event on the 20th of February.  We are looking for sponsors who could contribute some money or parts to the project.  Last year Bosch sponsored us by donating two battery drills which became the drive system for Wedgehog, and made the robot a success.

This year I believe we have a winning design and a company who wishes to be involved in an ambitious engineering project involving engineers studying at Oxford University and Imperial College should look no further.

Last year Bosch found it a very beneficial relationship.  They used the project as a promotion aid, featuring articles on Wedgehog in their monthly magazine.  They also received advertising space on this web page as well as exposure to a vast range of engineers involved in the making of other robots in the competition.

A new page is currently being set up for the next Robot where Internet advertising space will be allocated to sponsors.
 

We need:
 
• General Materials
• Any metal stock, mild steel bar / angle / channel / box
• Bearings
• Pillow Blocks
• Ground steel rod (axel)
• Toothed pulleys / sprockets / chain / gears etc.
• High current wire

Or, of course the money to go out and buy it our selves!
 

If you are interested in sponsoring the project, may it be in a materials, parts or financial way, or you want to know more about the project then please contact me, Chris Glaister at:

Thank you.

    Wedgehog's Specs:
 

Weight	55 LBS
Armor	3 mm Ali plate and 2 mm sheet steel composite
Weapon	Pneumatic pick axe
Drive	Tank Drive / foam rubber wheels
Speed	7 mph

 
 

 
 

Please use the buttons at the top of the page to navigate through the different sections of the site:  
HOME:                        This page
TEAM:                         Meet the 3 team members
DESIGN:                     Full of tips for the would be Robot Wars builder
CONSTRUCTION:     Building Wedgehog (includes list of components)
RESULTS:                  A breakdown of what happened in during the competition
LINKS:                         Links!
 

    Visit The Wedgehog Gallery

 
 

Links: Learn more about Robot Wars

 
• Robot Wars Official Home Page (America)
• Mentorn's Robot Wars site
• Robot Wars 97 Rules

I am a member of  The Shadow Project, a innovative robotics company based in London.  The Shadow Project is a self contained unfunded Robotics Project.  It is run by a great guy called Richard Greenhill whose ambition in life is to build the first ever really useful domestic robot.  He funds the project out of his own pocket and very kindly allows me and many others come an use his workshop and resources to build robots.   Any offers for funding are very welcome.
 
 

Current Shadow Projects:
• A human sized Biped Walker
• A Biomorphic Arm
• Six Legged walkers, some automutus
• Robotic Fish
• Four legged walking robot
• Vision Systems
• Mine Clearing Robots